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w w w . i n s i g h t o n b u s i n e s s . c o m A p r i l 2 0 14 • I nsIgh t | 39 Center is slated to open in December and replace the current hospital, which has some sections that date to the 1930s. e new, two-floor, 120,000-square- foot facility is located in a business park, will be convenient to area residents and will include ample parking, says Katherine Vergos, Ripon Medical Center's chief operating officer. "Ripon has been waiting for a new hospital for a long time and we worked with area residents on the location options as well as ways to improve its offerings," she says. e hospital was made possible financially aer Ripon Medical Center joined Agnesian healthCare of Fond du Lac in 2011. "We spent a lot of time in the design process and looked at operational efficiencies and designed it so we can change as health care changes," Vergos says. Construction is on schedule to welcome the first patients in December, says tom Long, director of plants and systems for Agnesian. he adds that a lot of interior work is being done now and that the long, cold winter didn't hamper construction. e new hospital will have 18 private patient rooms, 14 medical/ surgical rooms, three intensive care units and two labor/delivery/recovery and postpartum rooms. All rooms will be outfitted with the latest technology, including a computer in every room so staff members can complete their medical charts right in the room. e hospital will also have three surgical suites for outpatient procedures, imaging and lab services, rehab and clinic services, and access to physician offices. ere will be a single entrance. Vergos says the hospital is investing in technology that may make tele- medicine a possibility so patients can receive more care close to home. "Our goal is to provide as much care locally for our patients as possible," she says. "We have a lot of elderly patients and it's hard for them to travel longer distances to get the care they need." No, he didn't win the lottery. PERFORMANCE-MINDED BUSINESS SOLUTIONS Six Sigma I Leadership & Supervision I Technical Skills I Customized Training Solutions I Strategic Development training@morainepark.edu 920-924-3449 morainepark.edu/training PERFORMANCE-MINDED BUSINESS SOLUTIONS But he did get the smart he needed at MorainePark. solutions You can too. c on-way Freight, a less-than-truckload (LTL) trucking company and subsidiary of Con- way Inc., hopes to open a state-of-the-art, 96-door, 47,000-square-foot freight service center in Fond du Lac this summer. The new $8 million facility is in Fond du Lac's Fox Ridge Business Park and will serve as a hub to provide daily local freight pickup and delivery services connecting the greater Fond du Lac area with one-, two- and three-day service points in Con-way Freight's nationwide network, as well as Mexico and Canada. The new facility replaces an existing 25-door service center in Fond du Lac. Once completed, the expanded facility is expected to provide additional capacity and will consolidate smaller service centers in Sheboygan and Neenah. The expanded operation in Fond du Lac is expected to employ 100 workers in jobs such as driver sales representatives, operations support, sales, customer service and administration. Con- way Freight currently employs 45 at its existing Fond du Lac location. on the go